Current events
This page is for discussion of stuff related to the game coming up this week, no matter when that actually is. For instance, we can all assume Nate isnt coming for some lame reason and that Ed is sick of pizza and is bringing teriyaki or some other crap. They can post something here if that happens to be untrue.
Contents
Schedule
Date...........game................Location..........(Advanced attendance)
7/24/09.....MassEffect....Gabe's House......Ben absent, Brandon absent, Nate?
7/31/09.....OAAAAAAAAA....Ben's Condo...... Gabe maybe absent, iz my birthday, matt absent
8/7/09......OAAAAAAAAA....Ben's Condo......Brandon absent, Cheryl & Salo guest-stars
8/14/09.....MassEffect....????......matt absent, ben absent
8/21/09.....?????..........Ben's Condo......
8/28/09.....MassEffect....????......
9/4/09.....MassEffect....????......
9/11/09.....MassEffect....????......
9/18/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone
9/25/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone
10/2/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone
10/9/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone
10/16/09.....MassEffect....????......
10/23/09.....MassEffect....????......
10/30/09.....MassEffect....????......
11/6/09.....MassEffect....????......
11/13/09.....MassEffect....????......
Attendance and Food Preference
--Gdaze 09:18, 19 August 2009 (MST) What are we doing this week? And Ben's place is okay?
--Dieter the Bold 10:34, 19 August 2009 (MST) And the trip is canceled. So I'm down with gaming. Mass Effect at Ben's Condo at the usual time?
--Gdaze 11:07, 19 August 2009 (MST) Sure, we can do Mass Effect, in fact I'd love to do it.
BEN: I'm hoping to be able to game this weekend, but my friend Chris is in town and I still have to work out what his plans are this weekend. I'll try to post later tonight to give a definite present/absent/late call.
--Matts 13:04, 19 August 2009 (MST)I'm also hoping to game, but my friend Chris is in town, and I should work around his plans. We'll see, and I'll post later tonight.
Quote(s) of the week
Elemental: (to police chief, who thanked them for their good work) That certainly isn't going to help Viho's colossal ego. (or something like that...)
CyberJesus: I'm so sick and tired of this bullshit Thomas Kinkaid police state!
Ashbury: I grow plants that may or may not be used for pharmaceutical purposes
Ed/Aefra: "I use Seduction on the baby"
"Galen, you're wearing a dress." "Yes, but I still look better in it than in you do in your clothes."
Ranting and Raving
Edmiao i retract my statement.
--Brandon 22:50, 17 August 2009 (MST) I think that our beloved spambot(s) have come across an awesome new adverb: 'BeleBalokedly' (see the new heading in Underdog's talk page). I think that I'm going to replace all instances of 'relatedly' with it:
"Human rights abuses are thought to be more prevalent in nondemocratic countries. Belebalokedly, Amartya Sen has shown that there has never been a substantial famine in an independent country with a democratic form of government and a relatively free press."
JASON: BelaBalokedly played, sir. (hey, its an adverb, right?)
--Gdaze 12:20, 18 August 2009 (MST) Agreed.
--Gdaze 11:08, 19 August 2009 (MST) HEY! Has anyone seen District 9 yet? I'd like to hear if it is as cool as it looks. Fill us in, onegaishimasu.
JASON: We are seeing the 5:10 in Tukwila tonight, you should come. Matt has seen it, and his one liner sounded positive.
--Matts 12:29, 19 August 2009 (MST)A lot of the plot relies on a sort of mid-90s era perspective on internationalism, and the whole thing is rather more tense than a typical summer movie, but I really liked it. My one gripe is that the transformation of the main character from vaguely douchey to hero is sort of brief, but it's not exactly unconvincing.
It's a good movie, you should see it. Visually interesting, and assumes a remarkable level of intelligence in the viewer.
Other RPG or Non-RPG or Monthly Board Gaming Day gaming Events
JASON: Does anyone use www.brettspielwelt.com or www.gametableonline.com?
--Gdaze 12:16, 13 August 2009 (MST) I use to use www.brettspielwelt.com all the time. I mean... gaming online for free! I used it a lot in Japan when I was there for my month long stay. Its pretty cool.
BEN: This deck is the shit! http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/gernat09/welcome#8
--Brandon 10:19, 17 August 2009 (MST) I know you don't like either Kithkin or Fairies, so are you referring to Thaler's Merfolk deck or the Time Sieve Deck?
Ben my bad the baneslayer black deck
Mass Effect
Current Mass Effect XP: 1000 Starting + 1300 xp = 2300. (Current at end of 7/24)
Next step in Of Amor, Armor, and Alchemy
Current OAAAA XP: 75 base + 352 XP; Followers: 15 XP (current as of 8/7/09)
ED: How long did you say the interim was between act 2 and 3 again, ben? 10 years would be great, time to fit a lot of goings on.
BEN: 10 years is correct. Some things for the next session of OAAAA:
1.) Everybody will get to spend their bonus "interim" XP as they please, I've changed my mind about forcing expenditures in a certain way.
2.) I want everyone to think about their interim adventures. At the start of the nextsession, I amthinking we may do Gemini style card "prologues" in which we explore people's adventures: the person we are doing it for presents the overall theme/happenings, and then we run through it, with the group contributing details. Group bonus XP will be assigned based on cool story effects people come up with in these. If this idea seems too complex or seems like it will give other players too much involvement in your interim events,we can can it and just let each person do a narrative, in character or out.
3.) I will clarify happenings in the world at the first session of book 3.
ED: Sounds fun. I wrote up a bunch of ideas, i think there's plenty of room for adventures in between the paragraphs. Brandon, what is your email so i can send you the Tithe sheet. I may not have done a great job on him, he was pretty low on the damage potential, but still could take hits quite well. you may want to remod him, i'm sure ben would be fine with that. although i really think you should keep the pegasus, since it played a major role in the fight with the dragon. Let you fly and catch Aeten, bring him back to the battle and Aeten immediately thereafter struck the killing blow.
--Brandon 20:53, 9 August 2009 (MST) Sweet. A pegasus sounds awesome, and I was totally thinking about getting a mount for Tithe anyway, so that's perfect. I'm glad that Tithe played a solid role. My e-mail is olsenb3 [at] u.washington.edu. I would appreciate a full recap at some point, if someone has the time. Gratz, y'all!!
--Dieter the Bold 15:41, 13 August 2009 (MST) I think such a prologue adventure thing would be awesome. I heartily approve. Also, I personally would like a little GM wild-card in how points get spent, but that's just me. Ben, do you have the time/interest to do that with Galen?
BEN: sure...or rather, if you want you can use your prologue adventure thing to drive your xp expenditure. Or I'm happy to take as heavy of a hand as you want. Also, if we do this, the player who was "on the spot" would have full veto power over any card played: this may sound like a cop-out, but the point is to generate a backstory for those 10 years that appeals to the given player, and that trumps. I don't anticipate this being a problem, but it's easier to enforce than a "don't be a dick" policy. Also, any given player can just opt-out and write/come up with his own background for that time.
